Florida Statute 506.5131 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 506
STAMPED OR MARKED CONTAINERS AND BASKETS

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F.S. 506.5131

506.5131 Return of shopping carts; assessment of fees, fines, and costs.—

(1) The rightful owner of any shopping cart with a registered name or mark found on public property shall be immediately notified of its recovery.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or local ordinance, no fee, fine, or costs may be assessed against the owner of a shopping cart unless the shopping cart was found on public property and was removed from the premises or parking area of a retail establishment by the owner of the shopping cart, or an employee acting on the owner’s behalf, and the fee, fine, or cost has been approved by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. This subsection shall not apply to any ordinance adopted after January 31, 2002, and prior to June 30, 2002, that requires a business establishment to install a retention system to retain shopping carts within the real property boundaries of a business location.

History.—s. 12, ch. 98-396; s. 6, ch. 2006-165.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 506.5131

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Cases Citing Statute 506.5131

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2007-07-10T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: is evident in section 506.5131, Florida Statutes. By its terms, section 506.5131, Florida Statutes, prohibits…substantially the following question: Does section 506.5131, Florida Statutes, preempt local legislation requiring…section about which you have inquired, section 506.5131, Florida Statutes, provides that "(1) The…conflict with the provisions of sections506.513 and 506.5131, Florida Statutes, may be enacted, however. Thus…those carts would be permissible under section 506.5131. Because the statute clearly contemplates the

City of Kissimmee v. FLORIDA RETAIL FEDN.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-10-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 915 So. 2d 205

Snippet: because it purportedly conflicts with section 506.5131(2), Florida Statutes (2000). We find that the … 1998, the Florida Legislature enacted section 506.5131,[1] which provides: (1) The rightful owner of …ordinance unconstitutionally conflicts with section 506.5131(2), is unconstitutionally vague, and violates …it is in conflict with Florida Statute Section 506.5131(2) by imposing a cost against the owner of a shopping…that the broader "intent" of section 506.5131 is not merely to protect cart owners from fines